anniversary update magazine article

hi. i found a magazine, that has an article with the details of the anniversary update. its called> computer shopper august 2016 edition. can google it to find it. thought people would find it useful. if not,sorry and can delete this thread. thanks. one section in it> UPDATES WILL BE FREE
One worry was that Microsoft would start
charging for updates for anyone that had had
a free upgrade to Windows 10. Fortunately,
Microsoft has decided not to go down that
route, so if you’ve already upgraded to
Windows 10, your computer is now supported
for the rest of its life. The free continuing
updates mean that if you haven’t yet
upgraded, now’s a brilliant time to do it
before the clock runs out, saving yourself
money in the long term.

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another quote in it. im not associated with the magazine etc. just discovered it on line and passing along the info, hoping its helpful and factual? things talked about in it could also change? thanks.> HOW TO CLAIM YOUR FREE UPGRADE
If you want Windows 10, but you’re not sure
that you want it today, you can still claim your
free upgrade now and then upgrade your
computer at any point in the future. This is
because of the new way that Windows
licensing works. Rather than having to have a
Windows 10 licence key, your computer gets something called a Digital Entitlement. This
essentially stores an electronic fingerprint
of your computer on Microsoft’s servers.
When you want to install Windows 10 from
scratch, it checks to see if you have a Digital
Entitlement and, if you have, Windows 10 will
be installed and activated.
The good news is that once a Digital
Entitlement is given, it can’t be taken away.
So if you have a Windows 7 or 8 computer
and you’re not entirely sure if you want to
move to Windows 10, you can still reserve
your free upgrade by upgrading to Windows
10 today and then using the built-in roll-back
feature to go back to your original OS. This
reserves your Digital Entitlement for that
computer, so in a few months (or even
years), you can re-install Windows 10
without having to pay a penny.

another quote> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
FREE UPGRADE OFFER ENDS?
As noted above, Digital Entitlements are
given for the life of a device. So, once you’ve
upgraded a computer to Windows 10, you
can clean install the OS on that computer
forever more. The one restriction is that you
can’t transfer the Windows 10 licence to
another computer, which is something that
owners of retail copies of Windows 7 and
Windows 8 have to watch out for.
With retail copies of Windows, you’re
legally allowed to transfer the licence to
another computer whenever you like.
This is different to the OEM version of Windows, which ships pre-installed on a
computer when you buy it, where the OS is
locked to that one device.
While the Windows 10 free upgrade offer
is valid, anyone with a retail copy of Windows
7 or 8 can transfer their copy of Windows 10
to a different computer. However, as soon as
the upgrade offer ends, the last computer
that was upgraded to Windows 10 will be
locked with it and you’ll no longer be able to
transfer its licence. You’ll still be able to install Windows 7 or Windows 8 on a different
computer (provided you wipe Windows 10
first), but that’s the limit. HOW MUCH WILL WINDOWS 10 COST?
The Microsoft Store told us that, after the
cut-off date, the upgrade price for Windows
10 will be £100 for the Home edition. Boxed
and download copies of the software are
already available at £100 for the Home
edition and £190 for the Pro edition.

THE REST OF THE BEST WINDOWS 10 ANNIVERSARY UPDATE FEATURES
BETTER POWER SAVING
With Windows 10, you can stop a
resource-hungry application by
choosing if it is allowed to run in
the background, helping to save
power. With the update, there’s a
new ‘Managed by Windows’
option, which is designed to
automatically turn off resourcehungry
apps.
TASK VIEW IS MORE USEFUL
Task view now allows you to
right-click a task and select
Show this Window on all
desktops. This will make the
current task appear on all
your available desktops,
which will be handy for
some applications, such as
media players.
TABLET MODE GETS A BOOST
Tablet mode, which is used for
dedicated tablets and 2-in-1
machines when the keyboard
has been undocked, now looks
a little more like Windows 8,
with the All Apps mode now
appearing full-screen, making it
easier to launch applications
with a tap of a finger.
WINDOWS UPDATE UPDATED
Have you been caught out by
your computer automatically
restarting? You can now stop it
happening. Go to Settings, Update
& Security, Windows Update and
you can set your ‘Active hours’.
During this period, Windows 10
won’t automatically restart your
PC to install updates.

Any mention of Microsoft changing the
Start menu is likely to have many people
slightly worried, particularly after the
mess that was Windows 8. Fortunately, you
don’t have to worry here, as the Anniversary
Update simply tweaks the existing Start
menu, largely for the better.
A NEW LOOK
Microsoft has altered the look of the Start
menu. Gone is the All Apps option, which
expanded to show you everything installed
on your computer. Instead, you now just get
a single list of apps.
To aid navigation, the top of the list
contains your most-used apps, while the
rest of the list is sorted alphabetically. Up to
three recently added applications (up from
one with the original release) are also shown.
ONEDRIVE SEARCH
OneDrive search is now built into the Start
menu, so you can find files stored in the
cloud as well as on your computer. That’s
great for anyone who has embraced
Microsoft’s cloud-storage service.
MORE PROMOTED ITEMS
As mentioned on page 110, Microsoft is
also using the Start menu to show more
suggested apps, or adverts as we prefer to
call them. This is a little annoying, but you
can simply turn off all suggestions. Just open
the Start menu, right-click a suggested item
and select ‘Turn all suggestions off’.
This option only works for suggestions in
the main program list, but there are lots of
Live tiles for other promoted items, which
you have to disable one at a time: right-click
each one and select Unpin from Start.

Although Internet Explorer is still there for those that want it,
Windows 10 introduced the sleeker, more modern Edge
browser, but it didn’t quite feel like the final product. It initially
lacked a few features that more established browsers, such as
Chrome, had; for example, extensions. With the Anniversary Update,
Edge steps up a gear, becoming a far more mature browser that will
be able to compete with the big browsers.
EXTENSIONS
Extensions are a neat way to give a browser new features, such as a
display to show how many unread emails you have. The original
Edge lacked these options, but the Anniversary Update adds them.
At the time of writing, there weren’t a huge number available (see
Helpfile, page 128), but there are some interesting additions, such as
Microsoft Translator to convert text to English, and Mouse Gestures,
which lets you navigate or close tabs by moving your mouse. We
expect the range to increase rapidly, as Microsoft has released a tool
to help developers quickly convert Chrome extensions to Edge.
To see what’s available, click the settings icon in Edge (the three
dots at the top right of the screen), then click Extensions. You’ll see
your existing list of Extensions (if you have any); click the ‘Get
extensions from the Store’ link to launch the Store and find new
ones. Once installed, Extensions appear in the previous menu; you
can click to turn them off or select Remove to uninstall them.
NOTIFICATIONS
With more and more apps moving to the cloud, it’s handy if pop-up
notifications are delivered directly to your desktop. Finally, Edge
gets this feature. Sites that support web notifications will ask your
permission to display notifications, so you don’t have to worry
about getting bombarded with a load of useless nonsense.
PIN TABS
Do you use some websites all the time? With Edge, you had to open
them all manually, but the Anniversary Update introduces pinned
tabs, so you can keep pages permanently open. To pin a tab,
right-click or long-press and select Pin. Follow the same instructions
on a pinned tab and select Unpin to remove the tab.
CLICK TO PLAY FLASH
Adobe Flash remains one of the internet’s most annoying
technologies, but the new Edge will now automatically
pause Flash content that’s not integral to the page, such
as adverts. As well as reducing general annoyance, it
should also keep your computer running more
smoothly, by cutting down on superfluous content.

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If Microsoft were to ever start charging for updates, that would immediately seal their fate with me. Linux Mint is too good and we can definitely live without Microsoft's interference. Currently we have Windows because we're used to it. But if MS wants into out pockets for updates, we'll shut down all windows computers and go strictly with our Apple products and Linux.

My wife does need Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 for one reason: Floriani embroidery software. But it can be run very successfully on a Windows computer not connected to the internet and Floriani updates (free complete new versions) can be gotten on CD and via an iMac or Linux box download.